Quiz Show

Question and Answer Samples and Techniques

How to Use the Quiz Show Template

• Choose a Question & Answer layout from the New Slide gallery

• Follow the placeholder prompts and fill in your actual questions and answers

• View the presentation in slide show to see the animations that reveal the answers

• Suggested Uses:– Reinforcing teaching through audience

participation– Introduction to subject matter– Recreational gatherings

Sample Question and Answer

• The following slides are example questions using the layouts in the Quiz Show template. View them in slide show to see the answer animations.

TRUE or FALSE?TRUE or FALSE?

The Sun is a star.

What is the name of the God of the sea ?

Poseidon

Who was the messenger of the Gods

Hermes

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Who was the God of music and Light

Apollo

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Goddess of hunting, moon, wild animals?

Artemis

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Goddess of wisdom, weaving, war strategy?

Athena

Bonus: who was Arachne?

King of the Gods; God of sky?

Zeus

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God of war?

Ares

Bonus: Explain how the planet Mars got its name?

Woman created by gods to punish mankind for accepting fire from Prometheus

Pandora

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God of fire and blacksmithing

Hephaestus

Bonus: what is his Roman name?

Goddess of love and beauty

Aphrodite

BONUS: what is her roman name?

Goddess of married women, queen of the Gods. Protective of Jason

Hera

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Was in the labyrinth and killed the Minotaur?

Theseus

Bonus: what was his father’s name?

God of the Underworld

Hades

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Gave Fire to man (chained to a mtn. and had vultures eat his guts for eternity, until Hercules came along)

Prometheus.

Heroine who was an excellent archer. Married man who beat her in a race.

Atalanta

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Nymph who was cursed to only repeat the words of other people.

Echo

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Hero who accomplished the 12 labors

Hercules

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Man who fell in love with his own reflection.

Narcissus.

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Character who flew the sun chariot and crashed it.

Phaeton.

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Character who flew too close to the sun

Icharus

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Woman who married Jason

Medea.

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Woman whose mind talked her out of falling in love with Eros.

Psyche

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Match the Hero to what s/he did:

Atalanta

Theseus

Hercules

Achilles

Minotaur/Labyrinth

12 Labors

Argo/Golden Fleece

Archer, killed wild boar

Trojan War Hero, heel

Jason

Medusa

Perseus

What does it mean to open “Pandora’s Box?”

To do something that creates chaos or a chaotic situation

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What does it mean if something is your “Achilles heel”

It is your one weakness.

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Why is it called the Achilles tendon?

It is the tendon near your heel, the most famous heel in the

world was Achilles..

What does it mean when someone gives you a “Medusa stare”

It’s a look so evil/cold that it could metaphorically turn

you into stone..

What would it mean if someone’s husband/boyfriend treats his girl like Zeus?

Cheater, Manipulative

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If a task is Herculean, what does that mean?

So difficult that it’s almost impossible.

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What does it mean to be narcissistic?

They are full of themselves

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If someone or something is Promethean, what does it mean?

They are/did something that advanced & improved culture

or society.

What is an archetype

A character or situation that is so common, it is seen

throughout all cultures’ stories.

Describe the situational archetype of an epic journey

A long journey with many stops and obstacles. Ends with the “hero” getting something or achieving

something

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Give 3 examples of stories/movies that use an archetypal journey

OdysseyHarold & Kumar

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Describe the archetypal hero

Strong, flawed in some way, comes from nothing, leaves

home, goes on journey, achieves greatness

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SMALL PROJECT—in groups of 4 create a movie poster for the following Heroes: Perseus, Theseus, Jason, Atalanta, Hercules.

1. Librarian/Leader—Reviews the story with the group. Motivates. Keeps on task2. Illustrator—Creates the visuals3. Summarizer—Writes a short summary4. P.R. wo/man—creates a tagline for the film and casts the film

Write name and role on back.

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